tincd without root privileges

[pieter.heremans]

hello,

can you run tincd without setting up a tun/tap device ?

i just need the public machine to relay traffic between the connected nodes.

thnx
ptr_

On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 2:14 AM, Mike Bentzen <mike at goodlook.com.au> wrote:
> Hi mate,
>
> You can run the tinc daemon as a user.
> Usually on most systems, if you're not root, you won't be able to listen on the default tinc port (655).
> Configure tinc to listen on a different port and it should work.
>
> Mike
>
>
> On 15/04/2010, at 8:57 AM, pieter.heremans wrote:
>
>> hey,
>>
>> is there a way to run tinc on a (linux) box, with a public ip,
>> but on which i don't have root privileges ?
>>
>> the server just connects nodes (behind natted firewall)  & relays
>> their traffic, so no need for tap/tun interface on the box itself.
>>
>> ptr_
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